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render Napper Tandy, the Irish rebel, and his accomplices,? to the British government. In October, however, the fenate complied with the demand, and thus procured a re moval of the embargo to which that prince had fubjected the ships of the Hamburghers in his ports. The French, incenfed at the furrender, have ordered a fimilar embargo, and denounce more fevere vengeance against the state.

SPAI N.

The court of Madrid, in September, published a reply to the declaration of war from the Ruffian emperor. In that refcript it was affirmed that the conduct of the coalefced princes tended to disturb rather than re-establish public order; that the czar was palpably influenced by the British court; and that his unjust aggreffion would be repelled with vigor.

His catholic majefty has evinced his fubferviency to the French, by acceding to their demand for the furrender of fome royalists who had fled into Spain; and he has, in other refpects, manifefted equal fervility.

ITALY.

Commodore Trowbridge, who diftinguished himself in the recovery of the Neapolitan kingdom from the French, was equally active in the refeue of the Roman territory from the grafp of thofe encroaching republicans. A fmall number of French and Italians defended Rome for fome weeks against the Neapolitan army; but, the latter being affifted by an Auftrian corps, and by a body of English, the enemy found it expedient to fubmit. Trowbridge, with a party of feamen and marines, took poffeffion of CivitaVecchia in September, and alfo of Cornetto and Tolfa; and he compelled general Garnier to fign an agreement for the departure of the French troops from the Roman state.

A revolution fimilar to that which lately occurred in France, has taken place in the Genoefe republic. The two councils, in December, decreed the abolition of the directory, and ordered that a conftitution refembling the new

code of France should be prepared. The people made no: oppofition to thefe decrees; and a provifional committee: began to exercife, in tranquillity, the functions of govern

ment.

His Sardinian majesty has not yet been re-instated in the principality of Piedmont, of which the Auftrians retain poffeffion. The conduct of the emperor, on this occafion, excites fpeculation, and has given rife to unfavourable fufpicions: but it is probable that the exiled king will foon be permitted to return to Turin.

RUSSIA.

The Ruffian fovereign, in September last, gave a testi mony of his zeal in the 'good caufe.' He declared, in an address to the members of the Germanic body, his determination of exerting his efforts for reftoring royalty to France, re-establishing the ancient forms of government in. the United Provinces and the Swifs cantons, and maintain-. ing the integrity of the empire. If the German and other princes would affift him with vigor, he would, he faid, redouble his exertions, and not fheathe his fword before he fhould have feen the downfall of the monfter which threatened to crush all legal authorities: but, if he fhould be left to himself, he would recall his forces, and give up a cause fo ill fupported by those who were deeply interested in its triumph.

WEST INDIES.

The islands in this part of the world are, in general, in a tranquil state: but St. Domingo has been lately ravaged by. a furious war, arifing from a conteft for dominion between. Rigaud and Touffaint. Many acts of cruelty have been committed by both parties, particularly by the black inhabi tants of the island.

EAST INDIES.

We have lately received information of the fettlement of the affairs of Myfore. The connexions of the fultan Tippoo with the French were well known before the expedition; and it was the determination of the governor-general to punish him for his hoftile intentions with the loss of his power, if he had furvived the conqueft of his territories. The fuccefs of the invaders being complete, the governor refolved to make fuch arrangements as might establish the British influence in the fubdued country. Commiffioners were appointed on the part of the company, and alfo in behalf of the nizam, to regulate this important bufinefs; and, on the 24th of June, they promulgated at Seringapatam a fcheme of partition and fettlement. The fortrefs of the capital, and the ifland on which it is fituated, were allotted to the English, with fome extenfive districts; a confiderable portion was affigned to the nizam; and a feparate territory was fubjected to the fway of the Mihiffour Maharajah Kifhenrai Wuddiar, a defcendant of the ancient fovereigns of Myfore, whofe throne had been feifed by Hyder Ali. The elevation of this prince to the mufnud took place in due form on the 30th of June, which the fuperftition of the bramins had felected as the most aufpicious day for the purpofe. The exclufion of the family of Tippoo feems to have given general fatisfaction. The fons of the defunct fultan remain under the protection of the English, who will not fuffer them to have any opportunities of difturbing the prefent fettlement.

ttt One half of a century has elapfed fince the first publication of the Critical Review; and in this period the prices of labour and of materials have been more than doubled; yet that of our Journal has continued, in effect, unchanged; for, when the price was augmented fome years ago, a propor➡ tional addition was made to the bulk. The prefent advance of price, therefore, does not arife from mere choice, but from necefity-a neceffity long felt Which has already induced one of the most respectable of our literary brethren to raise the price of his Journal, and which now compels us to follow las example. What the juftice of the public has granted to him, will not, we trust, be refufed to us; and, while we embrace this occafion of expreffing our gratitude for former patronage, we declare our firm refolution of endeavouring to merit, trenuous exertions, a continuauce of fuch fupport.

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